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Michael Olise completed his hat-trick with a brilliant goal as France beat Northern Ireland 3-1 in their final World Cup warm-up match on Monday.
It was also the last game on French soil for coach Didier Deschamps, who resigns after the World Cup after 14 years at the helm of Les Bleus. He chose Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé in a brilliant attack along with Olise and Désiré Doué.
Olise scored from close range in the 43rd minute after Dembélé’s shot was blocked, then scored his second of the night in the 49th, firing from near the penalty spot after Northern Ireland failed to clear a cross from the right.
Saving the best for last, the speedy winger broke away down the right flank and fired an unstoppable shot into the top left corner from 20 meters in the 75th.
Olise has scored 22 goals in all competitions for Bayern Munich this season and looks a sure bet at the World Cup for two-time champions France, runners-up to Argentina four years ago, against Senegal on June 16 in New Jersey.
After Olise’s second goal, the French defense fell asleep in the northern city of Lille and Patrick Kelly scored a cross midway through the second half for Northern Ireland.
Mbappé failed to score more than 56 international goals and fell one behind France’s all-time leading scorer, Olivier Giroud.
